Retail

As part of the reorganisation, parks and resorts chair, Bob Chapek will add consumer products to his remit and will become chairman of a new Walt Disney Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products business.

Neil Davis is the founder of IP Expression, a firm devoted to IP protection. He talks to Licensing.biz about the importance of cracking down on the counterfeiters and just how that can be done in the age of the internet.

The offer would reduce toys R Us’ deficit recovery plan from 15 years to ten years and includes an injection of a sum greater than a planned payment of £1.6m into its pension scheme in January and March.

With the likes of Mattel, Nickelodeon and WWE on its books, Merchmaker is making a name for itself in the personalisation of big brands for consumers. Charlotte Clisby, chief commercial officer talks us through the appeal of the platform.

Operating under the BBC Studios name, the move is the broadcaster’s latest bid to generate more revenue from shows such as Top Gear, Strictly Come Dancing and Doctor Who as it continues to fight competition from the likes of Amazon and Netflix.